Groucho's Fact Hunt

[degsy]

For those who like to be organic.
(un-salted) Potato water is effective against White Fly...typically in orchards and a good method of getting nutrients into soil too.
Also Banana skin water (pottasium) and un-salted Pasta water (NPK) is good for the soil
@Joey66

 

[Joey66]

For those who like to be organic.
(un-salted) Potato water is effective against White Fly...typically in orchards and a good method of getting nutrients into soil too.
Also Banana skin water (pottasium) and un-salted Pasta water (NPK) is good for the soil
@Joey66

Banana itself full of potassium best organic fertilizer Comfrey plant when in fower cut it back place in a net bag & place in a plastic tub with a lid on and leave in the sun .....a third of it into a watering can mixed with water 3 weeks later to feed your plants - be warned it stinks like hell...,.LOL

 

[summerisle]

 

[4737carlin]

Louisa Livingstone is the name of the girl on the cover of the Black Sabbath album, when I was younger I actually thought this was a painting.
The location is Mapledurham Watermill in Oxfordshire and can also be seen in the film The Eagle Has Landed

 

[summerisle]

Well I never, a handy useless fact for the dog days at Christmas.

 

[summerisle]

Just found out there was a band from the 1980s called The Liverpool Echo, they came from London. lol

 

[4737carlin]

Forty is the only number were the letters spelling the number are in alphabetical order

 

[summerisle]

Forty is the only number were the letters spelling the number are in alphabetical order

*spends 30 seconds going through numbers, until... aah feck it. lol

 

[4737carlin]

*spends 30 seconds going through numbers, until... aah feck it. lol

I did that haha

 

[summerisle]

I did that haha

It was when I started messing around with decimal points I thought, nah. lol

 

[summerisle]

For your delectation.

 

[Groucho]

For your delectation.

Aphrodisical tennis court

 

[summerisle]

Recently found out that leader of the creepy alien kids in The Village of the Damned had his voice dubbed, surprisingly, by a women, South African actress Olive Gregg. You'd never really guess as it's very well done.

 

[Groucho]

There are more captive tigers in America than there are in the wild.

 

[kev]

There are more captive tigers in America than there are in the wild.

That's correct.
It's estimated that over 10,000 are in captivity (in USA alone) while only about 5,000 wild tigers are left on the planet.
Global wild tiger population

Country	Year	Estimate
India	2020	2,967​
Russia	2016	433​
Indonesia	2016	371​
Bangladesh	2014	300–500​
Nepal	2022	355​
Thailand	2016	189​
Bhutan	2015	89–124​
Malaysia	2014	80–120​
China	2018	55​
Myanmar	2018	22​
Laos	2016	14​
Vietnam	2016	<5​
Cambodia	2016	0​
Total		4,744–5,074​